Storage battery



Lm@ in. R. TQQMAY STORAGE BATTERY May 19, 1925.

n I 31a/vanto@ Patented .il/lay 19, 1922*a rlppleation filled Tune lli,

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.le it komm that 'L DAVID 'l'ooimy citizen olf elle United. Stilles,ieeicliii at Bieymei', in the county of Caldwell and Siete oil'Missouri, have inveniecl eeiein new :mel useful Ii'nprovements StorageBait teiies, of which the following is a specili cation. Y

This invention relates to impiovemente in Storage batteries, beingpai'tieulerly diieeeil ,to en aligning :unl projecting device fo'fstorage baleiy plates.'

The piimery objeex'; of the invention is; die provision of e device ofthe above cle scribed Class, which includes mi iiipi'oi'el liolcleofinsulating materiel, i'oi' xiiaiiil'nii1-- ing sloi'age battery plaiesin lix'ofA il e5.' el

felation., lo prevent liueldingg milling o separators incident toelielixig :mil viliroiom and insuring "alle betie 'y 0iormalion ofmetallic l'g'eeiis between positive and negeive plaies tlerem plates o1various metals for practical 'teiy plete coiislr'uetion., and which .haslil tobefoi'e been pioliiloiml by ille euse u bility ef'eerlaiii metalslo form metallic .e posits.

Gbe? object-e and' edv-ente parent flufiiig ille course oli detaileddescription.

In the accompanying diewiiigs, forming e part of tliiespeeiieaiaion, endin xviii-eli similar reference diameters designate coi?n i-esponclingparte tluoiiglieut the eeveiel "viewe,

Figure l is e veil-ical cross sectional View tluioiigli eV storagebattery, Showing ceilzein deiails thereof in fixigmenzuy eide'elevelionFigure 2 is e plan View o' the impro* plate holding mem'ie, shoe-'ingthe 'ielzi thereof to e pliii'aliy of' bet-legi plmes liei separatore;ee will lio epliie following ,es in o-ifcliiieiy eoiielirueibion.,

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4Figiiie is si iieiepeolzive 'n'ovecl 'plete liolelei Y. proleeiiig tileist-orare o In ille fliewing, 'eoei oi' .illusti'elgio'n is Shown e'iiefeyei'l min' ment oli my inveiifiom L metes a Storage lieteryetiwireion including; :i Cell .f., emi e, eil cove? (C. The battery' A.likewise ineluclee 'positive nml negative plates D enel E respectively,pziiflitioiiedfiom eeeli otliei by ineuleiing sepei'etme 'flflieimproved iiiterleekiiig plaine -liolclei lil ie adapted for engaging theif'iuioias plaies o ein elle seme in Spese@ i'elerlion, .eiiietiiifeShiiie ei tlf-or' convie?? el on im ,e in, eilig Elie cell uyielilrilile position l y Lillie cell :iii Cm' l may be y Stenclfiiileeiifsai'ueioii io zmlepellie limiter? i "me uses. lllie cell. B. ispreemblii' pionflecl upwm'flly inieriorly thereof, with the longitudinalbridges 10 extending; upon the lioioizof of the :elle 2mal in pemllelreleiiioii to the Sides lll. elim il' i.. eiii'eeble fille? 22ml veel;ai'in-ii3ewm; 19T; piovielef top of The pos. Je me negative pieles l)@mil tively, may of y eppoved con sti l i7 eiiiliei of J iloiiried platetype, or im luci grid p. HeWei/'eifg il, pieliixireo time the een' be olike ep proved leed type mieli ie iii geneel use he y e l) im? l ofeteiiilei'fl The sepevalore F :1re of course of insulatingmateriel,

adapted to peititioii the pletee'fl) eind lll filoni fliiect comme Theseparators F5 ae pefeiably of the eliemioeliy 'in eele Wood; iype, andpioviflefl wili suitable gifoovee or :recesses eilzeiifliie Verizieeilytlaeife liioi ifo be eulieequently @felle/weil limi; the sepef:sieiiiovejuf iii Wideli then fthe *"T "alliesy Wfieii ille sepem'te'slos l use, mmng part of the pockets and 2G. 521m ho'f W5 E are pcsonedupon oppcsilze Veni ai sides of the plates i0 om a 00mpac inerlockdunitary arangenlen n phasing 'the'uumy arrangemeu in che Celi, theoutsides of the ladders will be sjgmfd :cram the insides of ce. The exbig 01* zresien shims 5 mf preferably sinnn 0m" in forum-tion 'andprovided as fillers io ,t the inside of he cell sides l1, and Qms@engaging the, 'Outside of fue holders w zareby @on vibration of 'chebattery Q L; :zr-3' am'fmgen'mx Gf 'pates Wi.

njmmf or injure he ce skimming' ille unzuy arrangement of intiem ookedphxes-wthn th@ cell B, the same is cm'eulff lowemd into Said' cell,u'Dtlv the doWnW-Ludly projecting portions 35 ef the in ions separatorsF rest upon the bridge iwces l0 of said CCH. By this arrangement, "hahuge 5pm-e of spaces 36 am provided below botms of ih@ plaes D, 'for.thacob ectjon of sedmeu, such as is apt o be uepod from the z 1 und E,and pr" :ly prevents@ along 1th@ 'verof' "me phylcs; i? und E insanesaid separators adapted tol Contact the faces of said ribs to"edc'tively partition adjacent plates troni each other. ,v v l y ,y

2. is an article of manufacture," abatter'y plate holder' comprisingavplate body portion having the upper and lower mar inal portionsthereof flanged to one side o the plate body portion and havinglongitudinal ribs thereon in spaced relation at the same side of theplate body portion from which said upper and lower portions are flanged,

said ribs connecting said flanges, the spaces intermediate said ribs andthe, upper and Llower .flanges providing pockets.

A storage battery comprising in combination a cell, plates, detachableholding means for extending vertically along the side edges of theplates and between the side edge dinal pockets, said pockets adapted tore-` portions of the plates for interlocking said plates in a unitaryarrangement, and means betiveen the holding means and side Walls of thecell for yieldably maintaining said unitary structure in a storagebattery,-

il. A storage battery comprising in combi-` nation a cell, a lpluralityof positive and negative plates, separators of insulating Ina-- terialadapted for interposition between ad jacent positive and negative platesand each having,- vertically disposed ribs to' provide passagewaysbetween lthe sepafraltois'v and. certain of said plates, and insulatingholders to be disposed at the ends of a'bank of plates, said holdershavingupper and lower.v

lianges and longitudinally entendingfyribs between the lianges` andproviding longituf ceive the vertical edges of saidplatesi the ribs ofsaid holders adapted to contact with the vertical side edges of saidseparatorsto retain the separators against 'individual movement andeti'ectively partition adiacentJ `means 'for yieldabiy maintainin tggaia mannered peas fram uw Sides of'said cells; f 'y .l y

6. [A storage baltt'erj,7 ,comprising a v pair 0fv holders, each ofrigid insulatinfgmaterial having the' top ,and bottoni thereof-flangedover, and pr'o'viole'd-l with longitudinal ribs y upon the flanged overside thereof, in order to' provide-,substantially rectangular depressedpockets','battery plates-:having their v lateral edges .positioned insecreted manner in lsaid,'depressed pockets, and 'insulating meansintermediate said battery plates.

7.-,A. storage battery comprising a pair of holders, each of saidyholders being formed .of rigid insulating material and having the topand bottom edges thereof' over, said holders veach having longitudinalribs upon the flanged over side thereof and disposed substantially atright Van les to thetop and bottom flanged' edges,

sai ribs being connected yto said edges to lprovide al plurality ofspaced rectangular -depressed pockets upon va. side of said holder, aplurality of positive and negative plates adapted for having theirslateral edges secreted in the depressed pockets of said holders,separators snugly litting intermediate adjacent positive and negativeplates and having their lateral edges contacting: with the outside facesof the ribs on said holders to provide a. barrier .intermediate saidplates, said plates and se arators hav. 4

`ing cooperating grooves an depressions 'therein Wliereby an electrolytemay pass therebetween for communicating between the positive andnegative lates over the top and bottom edges of said separators.

8. A. store e batter com risinff a cell battery plates, detachablelholding devices upon the sides of said plates for interlock-v ing theplates in a unitary arrangement,

and 4resilient shines of snuous formation for engaging intermediate thesides of the battery cell and the sides of the holding 'said unrtarystructure in resilient position, Within the battery.

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